[RE][scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman
Sad thing here? Some fools will be sold by this, and lean Republican solely because a man of color is running the show. I've listened to the man talk, when he sat in for Sean Hannity when he was on vacation. I trust I don't have to say much more into that. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman Date : Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:15:55 + From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com As Sherlock Holmes would say, The game's afoot! In the last few months, whenever anyone has said to me The Republican party is dead!, I've said Don't write them off. They know how to fight dirty. They know how to do whatever they have to in order to win. (McCain's choosing a complete know-nothing like Palin to supposedly offset Obama is proof of that). Although it's probably making many of their tongues turn to flame to even speak the word diversity, some of the Repubs are slowly coming to realize they have no choice. I tend to think the realization that white men may actually be in the minority in a few decades, and the fact that more Latinos than expected backed Obama, are helping make them at least entertain the notion. Steele's being a more moderate Republican, as well as being black, makes this very interesting: how can he rein in a party that's full of backwards bigots, extreme religious people, and war mongers, while his very beliefs will tick some of them of! f? Wa tching Steele navigate these waters, watching him try to compete with Obama while holding the party together, watching him try to somehow pull blacks from the democratic side while not attacking Obama, watching him woo Republican whites while not being called Oreo, yet counter Obama while not being called traitor--this is going to be interesting! Heck, I may have to tip my toe in the foetid pools of Limbaugh and Hannity again just to see if they can be even more apoplectic than they were after Obama's election! *** Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Michael Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee on Friday. Steele, the first African-American to hold the post, defeated South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, 91-77, in the final round of voting among the RNC's 168 members. Only 86 votes were needed. This is our opportunity. I cannot do this by myself, he told the crowd at the annual RNC meeting Friday. God bless you, and God bless our party. ... It's going to be a new day. Steele also told his fellow party members that it will be a great honor to spar with President Obama. For the duration of his campaign, Steele fought perceptions that he was too moderate to lead the party because of his blue-state roots and his former membership in the Republican Leadership Council, a group that sought to curb the influence of social conservatives in the party. For so long, we've allowed the Democrats to define us, we've allowed the media to define us, and so it's important for us to begin to establish with clarity who we are, what we believe as we begin to go out and take, I think, a brand new message to the American people, he said Friday.Video Watch Steele's remarks to the RNC � Steele brings a national profile to the committee, having shot to fame in the political world during an underdog Senate bid in 2006 distinguished by a series of clever TV commercials. He has since become a fixture on cable talk shows, experience that boosted his reputation as the best communicator among the field of RNC candidates. Don't Miss * Analysis: GOP revival hangs on party's next leader * RNC chair candidates wrap up hectic week * GOP warned to embrace technology or face 'suicide' Earlier Friday, Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan, who was elected to lead the committee in 2007, dropped his re-election bid, telling committee members: Obviously the winds of change are blowing here at the RNC. Duncan rose to address the committee after three disappointing rounds of balloting in the chairman's election. He bled votes on every successive ballot, his support trickling to the other candidates in the race. Despite the sometimes contentious nature of the campaign and criticism that the party suffered with him at the helm, Duncan told the crowd the race had been worth it. I thought this would be good for the party, he said. And I think it has been. Duncan earned a noisy round of applause when he said running the committee has truly been the highlight of my life. Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell also ended his run Friday, throwing his support to Steele, a fellow African-American candidate. Blackwell had been in last place after four rounds of voting. I told you last night that in elections, there are two ways that you change
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman
'Nuff said indeed... -- Original message -- From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Sad thing here? Some fools will be sold by this, and lean Republican solely because a man of color is running the show. I've listened to the man talk, when he sat in for Sean Hannity when he was on vacation. I trust I don't have to say much more into that. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman Date : Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:15:55 + From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com As Sherlock Holmes would say, The game's afoot! In the last few months, whenever anyone has said to me The Republican party is dead!, I've said Don't write them off. They know how to fight dirty. They know how to do whatever they have to in order to win. (McCain's choosing a complete know-nothing like Palin to supposedly offset Obama is proof of that). Although it's probably making many of their tongues turn to flame to even speak the word diversity, some of the Repubs are slowly coming to realize they have no choice. I tend to think the realization that white men may actually be in the minority in a few decades, and the fact that more Latinos than expected backed Obama, are helping make them at least entertain the notion. Steele's being a more moderate Republican, as well as being black, makes this very interesting: how can he rein in a party that's full of backwards bigots, extreme religious people, and war mongers, while his very beliefs will tick some of them of! f? Wa tching Steele navigate these waters, watching him try to compete with Obama while holding the party together, watching him try to somehow pull blacks from the democratic side while not attacking Obama, watching him woo Republican whites while not being called Oreo, yet counter Obama while not being called traitor--this is going to be interesting! Heck, I may have to tip my toe in the foetid pools of Limbaugh and Hannity again just to see if they can be even more apoplectic than they were after Obama's election! *** Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Michael Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee on Friday. Steele, the first African-American to hold the post, defeated South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, 91-77, in the final round of voting among the RNC's 168 members. Only 86 votes were needed. This is our opportunity. I cannot do this by myself, he told the crowd at the annual RNC meeting Friday. God bless you, and God bless our party. ... It's going to be a new day. Steele also told his fellow party members that it will be a great honor to spar with President Obama. For the duration of his campaign, Steele fought perceptions that he was too moderate to lead the party because of his blue-state roots and his former membership in the Republican Leadership Council, a group that sought to curb the influence of social conservatives in the party. For so long, we've allowed the Democrats to define us, we've allowed the media to define us, and so it's important for us to begin to establish with clarity who we are, what we believe as we begin to go out and take, I think, a brand new message to the American people, he said Friday.Video Watch Steele's remarks to the RNC � Steele brings a national profile to the committee, having shot to fame in the political world during an underdog Senate bid in 2006 distinguished by a series of clever TV commercials. He has since become a fixture on cable talk shows, experience that boosted his reputation as the best communicator among the field of RNC candidates. Don't Miss * Analysis: GOP revival hangs on party's next leader * RNC chair candidates wrap up hectic week * GOP warned to embrace technology or face 'suicide' Earlier Friday, Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan, who was elected to lead the committee in 2007, dropped his re-election bid, telling committee members: Obviously the winds of change are blowing here at the RNC. Duncan rose to address the committee after three disappointing rounds of balloting in the chairman's election. He bled votes on every successive ballot, his support trickling to the other candidates in the race. Despite the sometimes contentious nature of the campaign and criticism that the party suffered with him at the helm, Duncan told the crowd the race had been worth it. I thought this would be good for the party, he said. And I think it has been. Duncan earned a noisy round of applause when he said running the committee has truly been the highlight of my life
[scifinoir2] OT: Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman
As Sherlock Holmes would say, The game's afoot! In the last few months, whenever anyone has said to me The Republican party is dead!, I've said Don't write them off. They know how to fight dirty. They know how to do whatever they have to in order to win. (McCain's choosing a complete know-nothing like Palin to supposedly offset Obama is proof of that). Although it's probably making many of their tongues turn to flame to even speak the word diversity, some of the Repubs are slowly coming to realize they have no choice. I tend to think the realization that white men may actually be in the minority in a few decades, and the fact that more Latinos than expected backed Obama, are helping make them at least entertain the notion. Steele's being a more moderate Republican, as well as being black, makes this very interesting: how can he rein in a party that's full of backwards bigots, extreme religious people, and war mongers, while his very beliefs will tick some of them off? Wa tching Steele navigate these waters, watching him try to compete with Obama while holding the party together, watching him try to somehow pull blacks from the democratic side while not attacking Obama, watching him woo Republican whites while not being called Oreo, yet counter Obama while not being called traitor--this is going to be interesting! Heck, I may have to tip my toe in the foetid pools of Limbaugh and Hannity again just to see if they can be even more apoplectic than they were after Obama's election! *** Steele becomes first African-American RNC chairman WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Michael Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee on Friday. Steele, the first African-American to hold the post, defeated South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, 91-77, in the final round of voting among the RNC's 168 members. Only 86 votes were needed. This is our opportunity. I cannot do this by myself, he told the crowd at the annual RNC meeting Friday. God bless you, and God bless our party. ... It's going to be a new day. Steele also told his fellow party members that it will be a great honor to spar with President Obama. For the duration of his campaign, Steele fought perceptions that he was too moderate to lead the party because of his blue-state roots and his former membership in the Republican Leadership Council, a group that sought to curb the influence of social conservatives in the party. For so long, we've allowed the Democrats to define us, we've allowed the media to define us, and so it's important for us to begin to establish with clarity who we are, what we believe as we begin to go out and take, I think, a brand new message to the American people, he said Friday.Video Watch Steele's remarks to the RNC » Steele brings a national profile to the committee, having shot to fame in the political world during an underdog Senate bid in 2006 distinguished by a series of clever TV commercials. He has since become a fixture on cable talk shows, experience that boosted his reputation as the best communicator among the field of RNC candidates. Don't Miss * Analysis: GOP revival hangs on party's next leader * RNC chair candidates wrap up hectic week * GOP warned to embrace technology or face 'suicide' Earlier Friday, Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan, who was elected to lead the committee in 2007, dropped his re-election bid, telling committee members: Obviously the winds of change are blowing here at the RNC. Duncan rose to address the committee after three disappointing rounds of balloting in the chairman's election. He bled votes on every successive ballot, his support trickling to the other candidates in the race. Despite the sometimes contentious nature of the campaign and criticism that the party suffered with him at the helm, Duncan told the crowd the race had been worth it. I thought this would be good for the party, he said. And I think it has been. Duncan earned a noisy round of applause when he said running the committee has truly been the highlight of my life. Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell also ended his run Friday, throwing his support to Steele, a fellow African-American candidate. Blackwell had been in last place after four rounds of voting. I told you last night that in elections, there are two ways that you change outcomes: You either change the composition of the electorate, or you can change the attitude of the electorate, he said Friday. My fellow Republicans and members of the RNC, I cannot change the composition of this electorate. Nor would I want to. I do want to influence your perspective and your attitude at this moment in history. We must be a party that makes good the promise of Lincoln. We must unleash a new, a new birth of freedom, Blackwell said. Also on Friday, Michigan GOP chairman
